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areful distance from him, my laps tightly clenched to

cared to relax b

h the silence of the car as it moved, "It w

into the seat and finally

"For helping me back there and

ing me last night and paying for the hotel room

didn't imagine it. It felt

n imagine somet

sk getting him angry again. I finally got a cha

n't re

allo

ing. He could have ackno

and the car was quiet excep

the window, realizing that I didn't

t began

hen forced the words ou

you have anywhere to go?" he asked fl

my mouth in protest and closed it again,

to my lap and quie

The gates slowly swung open, and the vehicle rolled forward into an estate so vast and elegant that it felt a

. this is your house?" barely registering my own words, while he simply stepped out

in a rush before running to catch up as he walked ahead without once slowing down or waiting f

rossing into another world entirely, one defined by quiet luxury and impossible scale, where expensive interiors gleamed under the

th, as though I didn't quite belong in a place that resembled a castle more than a house, an

a house like this but every amount that came to my

d forward i

r." One of them t

e the lady's bag and prepare a

eard him right, the maids were already

walking away. "Foll

my bags with the maids. "Mr

kept walking up the stair

s everywhere, sparking my memories of la

s I walked in. Panic rose in me as

" he

the room was at the other end and he was proba

nstincts screamed at me to run

peated, firm

e edge of the bed. Put

his tie and pulled it off, then

ble. Did he bring me

ard and shift

even though I tried to sound tough and

t without turning to look at me.

" I fr

ou out of your apartment." he said calmly as he took off his shirt and I l

" The mention on Christian's name caught my

ugh. "I know everythi

ing in me snapped instant

uld know I didn't seduce him! Then wh

toward me;

ght painfully

the words out, "that Christian and I were

wingly dated a man arranged to marry someo

throat, not just becau

his chest, his abs, the faint lin

body pressed against mine, the strong firm hands th

trying to shake

harassing me with you

d my face flu

shouldn't stand half-n

is my room. I can

y. "I need my job back. I didn't do anything wron

he replied. "And Chri

take the fall because they are your family?

e the answers I di

efeat. My chest tightened and

My grandmother needs surgery and my l

stop it. "Please, I beg you." I dropped m

ch do y

p slowly.

ry?" he asked again, a

mount, stumbling

"All of it. Including

ned in shock. "You...you'll pay

for the first ti

course, how could I forget that?

ression. "You don't

y. "And what do y

ed his bro

, deliberately s

m tone. "I know you're not just going to

"What do I wa

in, trapping me betwee

from my face and scann

ss and I tilted my head to the s

, sending shivers down my s

think you c